Functions

[The Cartooners]

I have a function within the Author section of the lua file. How do I call it from an event?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Ranger Fox]

Call it the same as you would any other function. There isn't anything different or isolated about the sections in the lua file. It looks that way because it's well organized. Take care that the Builder doesn't modify the line of code that calls your author function. To prevent this, I usually move the entire event to the Author Functions section. Assuming the Builder doesn't overwrite the method call, here's an example:

 

In the Author Functions section:

function SayHi()
Wherigo.MessageBox{Text="Hi"}
end

 

In the Wherigo event section (or somewhere else in my Author Functions section):

function zoneMyZone:OnEnter()
-- #GroupDescription=My Zone --
-- #Comment=My Zone Comment --
SayHi()
end

[The Cartooners]

Call it the same as you would any other function. There isn't anything different or isolated about the sections in the lua file. It looks that way because it's well organized. Take care that the Builder doesn't modify the line of code that calls your author function. To prevent this, I usually move the entire event to the Author Functions section. Assuming the Builder doesn't overwrite the method call, here's an example:

 

In the Author Functions section:

function SayHi()
Wherigo.MessageBox{Text="Hi"}
end

 

In the Wherigo event section (or somewhere else in my Author Functions section):

function zoneMyZone:OnEnter()
-- #GroupDescription=My Zone --
-- #Comment=My Zone Comment --
SayHi()
end

 

Thanks for the reply. Is there a way of doing this through the builder or does it have to be hand cranked.

[Ranger Fox]

Text editor time!